10th Grade Fall 2024 Semester Exam Study Guide PDF

10th Grade Fall 2024 Semester Exam Study Guide Grammar Review - review the following concepts. I have supplied links to rules, slideshows, and practice questions. You should be able to identify and correct errors involving the following concepts: Subject/verb agreement Semicolon usage Comma usage...

10th Grade Fall 2024 Semester Exam Study Guide Grammar Review - review the following concepts. I have supplied links to rules, slideshows, and practice questions. You should be able to identify and correct errors involving the following concepts: Subject/verb agreement Semicolon usage Comma usage Independent and dependent clauses Complex and compound sentences Dangling and misplaced modifiers Parallelism in a list Perfect and progressive tenses Comma splices/sentence fragments Rhetorical and literary analysis - Identify, define, and explain examples of the following rhetorical and literary devices: Ethos Pathos Logos Allusion Euphemism Parallelism Antithesis Hyperbole Oxymoron Paradox Tone Imagery Simile Metaphor Dramatic irony Situational irony Verbal irony Personification Logical Fallacy - Red herring - Hasty generalization - False dilemma - Slippery slope - Circular reasoning - Ad hominem - Straw man - False causality - Antigone Characterize the following: Antigone - Creon - Ismene - Haemon - Eurydice - Know the purpose of the chorus/choragus Identify elements of a Greek tragedy and a tragic hero Lord of the Flies Characterize the following: Piggy Jack Ralph Simon Roger Samneric Author of the novel - Context of the novel - Identify and analyze themes in the novel. Identify and analyze major conflicts in the novel. Identify and analyze major symbols in the book (glasses, conch, fire, the beast, etc…) The Great Gatsby Identify the author and historical context of the novel Characterize the following: George Wilson - Jordan Baker - Wolfsheim - Nick Carraway - Daisy Buchanon - Tom Buchanon - Jay Gatsby - Identify and analyze themes in the novel. Explain the symbolism of the green light. Identify and analyze different settings(east egg, west egg, etc…) in the novel. Explain the symbolism of careless driving. MLA formatting and essay rules: How to format titles of long works. How to format titles of short works. How to format a date. Font and font size. How to format page margins. How to format a header. How to format a heading. How to format an essay title. How to format line spacing. What is a thesis statement? Where should a thesis statement be in an intro? What is considered plagiarism?